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All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
